| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a dead space around a toner stirring member disposed between a cleaning member of an image carrier and a conveying member of a residual toner, prevent the accumulation of toner even in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and suppress the occurrence of abnormal noise due to the operation of the toner stirring member.SOLUTION: A toner recovery unit 60 has a cleaning blade 4, and a toner stirring member 70 is disposed on a bottom face 63 of the toner recovery unit 60. The toner stirring member 70 is fixed at a fixing part 70a on one end to the toner recovery unit 60 arranged on the opposite side with a flexible screw 66 therebetween. The toner stirring member 70 is brought into slidable contact at a sliding part 70b on the other end with the bottom face 63 of the toner recovery unit 60. The toner stirring member 70 is brought into contact with a lower side of the flexible screw 66 at an intermediate part 70e between the fixing part 70a and the sliding part 70b. The flexible screw 66 is rotated to cause the sliding part 70b of the toner stirring member 70 to make reciprocating movement along an inclined bottom face 63 of the toner recovery unit 60. |
